Wait For a Process in a Batch File
A while ago I needed to wait for a process in a batch file to finish before the script continued. I did it by using an If statement to create a ‘spoof’ loop, with a delay between each loop iteration...
Browsium Ion and Browser Authentication
I set up a Browsium rule recently to render a SharePoint 2010 site in IE8 Standards mode. But initially Browsium Ion and browser authentication weren’t playing nicely together, and each time I launched a browser session with the Browsium rule...
Browsium Ion with HTTPS and Proxy Authentication
I’ve been using Browsium Ion with HTTPS and Proxy Authentication recently. I was trying to force the default ‘Edge’ emulation mode to run in ‘IE8’ emulation mode over HTTPS instead. HTTPS and Proxy Authentication For HTTP URLs it worked fine. ...
Move or Copy Active Directory Users
There are many occasions where I need to move or copy Active Directory users from one group to another. Usually this occurs when an application has been updated to a new version, and we need to migrate users from the...
Add and Remove Service Entries
This is a quick script I’ve used to add and remove service entries to the windows services file. It ignores commented lines (lines starting with a hash (#)), and it also doesn’t validate the format of the host or port/protocol...
Install and Uninstall an MSI using PowerShell
This is an example of how to install and uninstall an MSI using PowerShell. It passes in a string array as the msiexec arguments. So you can add more arguments as you see fit. Pay close attention to the quotes...
Error 16389 for .Net Framework 4.6.2 as an SCCM Application
You may have previously stumbled across the error 16389 for .Net Framework 4.6.2 as an SCCM Application. To resolve this I attempted the ‘fix’ provided here. But even when I checked the ‘Run installation and uninstall program as 32-bit process on...
Add and Remove Host Entries
This is a quick script I’ve used to add and remove hosts entries to the windows hosts file. It ignores commented lines (lines starting with a hash (#)), and it also doesn’t validate the format of the host or IP...
